A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.
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The Final Tax
Said Statesman A to Statesman Z:
'What can we tax that is not paying?
We’re taxing every blessed thing—
Here’s what our people are defraying:
'Tariff tax, income tax,
Tax on retail sales,
Club tax, school tax,
Tax on beers and ales,
'City tax, county tax,
Tax on obligations,
War tax. wine tax,
Tax on corporations,
'Brewer tax, sewer tax,
Tax on motor cars,
Bond tax, stock tax,
Tax on liquor bars,
'Bridge tax, check tax,
Tax on drugs and pills,
Gas tax, ticket tax,
Tax on gifts in wills,
'Poll tax, dog tax,
Tax on money loaned,
State tax, road tax,
Tax on all things owned,
'Stamp tax, land tax,
Tax on wedding ring,
High tax, low tax,
Tax on everything!'
Said Statesman A to Statesman Z:
'That is the list, a pretty bevy;
No thing or act that is untaxed;
There’s nothing more on which to levy.'
Said Statesman Z to Statesman A:
'The deficit each moment waxes;
This is no time for us to fail—
We will decree a tax on taxes.'
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The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
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Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable.
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A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
quote by Georges Pompidou
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A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
quote by Will Durant
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To be a statesman, you must first get elected.
quote by J. William Fulbright
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When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.
quote by John Connally
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Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
quote by Bob Edwards
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
quote by Dean Acheson
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
quote by Charles de Gaulle
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Now I know what a statesman is he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
quote by Bob Edwards
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A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.
quote by Thomas B. Reed
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It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man.
quote by Pierre Laval
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A politician thinks of the next election a statesman, of the next generation.
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation.
quote by James Clarke
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A politician thinks of the next election a statesman of the next generation.
quote by James Clarke
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The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
quote by Austin O'Malley
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
quote by Harold MacMillan
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The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
quote by Erich Fromm
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